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  Trigger Warning is a Paranoid Right-Wing Laugh Riot

  December 10 at 4 a.m.

  If I ever want an unfiltered look into the mind of the average paranoid right-wing American all I have to do is unblock the president on Twitter. I don’t do that because it’s like watching grammar being trapped in an abusive relationship. Better written but containing no fewer nuts or...

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  The Christmas British (Book) Invasion: Queen! Beatles! Stones!

  December 10 at 4 a.m.

  Queen: Album by Album By Martin Popoff 224 pp. $30 Voyageur Press The insanely prolific music journo Martin Popoff (nearly 8,000 record reviews and many, many books) must be running out of performers to write about. Because in this latest installment in his Album by Album series, he tackles the...

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  Slowhand — A Biography of Eric Clapton and His Many Ups and Downs

  December 6 at 4 a.m.

  Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton By Philip Norman 448 pp. $30 Little, Brown & Co. Among music book scribes, Philip Norman stands near the top in terms of influence and skill. His 1981 Beatles tome Shout! set the stage for the modern rock bio (as well as...

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  The Wild West of Wells Fargo - Where the Employees Were Just as Hard at the Outlaws

  December 4 at 4 a.m.

  Shotguns and Stagecoaches: The Brave Men Who Rode for Wells Fargo in the Wild West By John Boessenecker 368 pp. $29.99 Thomas Dunne Books Anybody who’s seen an old western movie knows how a stagecoach robbery went, right? A desperate driver pushes his galloping horses across the open prairie while...

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  A New Book Tells the Story of the Led Zeppelin's Manager Peter Grant

  November 29 at 4 a.m.

  Bring It On Home: Peter Grant, Led Zeppelin, and Beyond – The Story of Rock’s Greatest Manager By Mark Blake 304 pp. $27 Da Capo Press As any Led Zeppelin fan who has thumbed through Hammer of the Gods, seen the concert film The Song Remains the Same, or flipped...

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  A Rockets Book For the Diehard Fan in Your Life, or You

  November 28 at 6:13 a.m.

  100 Things Rockets Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die By Jonathan Feigen 304 pp. Triumph Books $16.95 This volume, written by Houston Chronicle Rockets beat writer Jonathan Feigen, offers a unique insight on the individuals, teams, and moments that shaped the franchise as we know it today. Whether...